NeoDocto Foundation partners with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, India to stop malaria disease through “NeoDocto Malaria Eradication Programme”.

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Photo: Madhukar Sanneerappa, Global President and CEO of NeoDocto Inc. with H.R. Ramesh Kumar, Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, India.

NeoDocto Foundation partnered with the Government of Karnataka through a ‘Strategic Collaboration’ to implement “NeoDocto Malaria Eradication Programme” and make Karnataka ‘A Malaria Free State’. The Global President and CEO of NeoDocto Inc., Madhukar Sanneerappa stated that H.R. Ramesh Kumar, Hon’ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, India supported ‘NeoDocto Malaria Eradication Programme’. It aims to educate and take preventive measures to stop malaria disease.

Manhattan, New York – 14th February, 2018 – ‘NeoDocto Foundation’ partnered with the ‘Government of Karnataka’, India through a ‘Strategic Collaboration’ to implement “NeoDocto Malaria Eradication Programme” in order to make ‘Karnataka’ a malaria free state. Madhukar Sanneerappa, Global President and CEO of NeoDocto Inc. said that H.R. Ramesh Kumar, Honourable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka supported “NeoDocto Malaria Eradication Programme” to create awareness on the malaria disease and its impact on human beings.

Malaria is a public health problem in several parts of India. As per the Directorate General of Health Service, Government of India, about 95% population in the country resides in malaria endemic areas and 80% of malaria reported in the country is confined to areas consisting 20% of population residing in tribal, hilly, difficult and inaccessible areas. According to a report of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, there were 11,078 malaria cases in Karnataka state out of 1,090,724 malaria cases reported in India in the year 2016. The Strategic Collaboration of NeoDocto Foundation and Government of Karnataka aims to educate the public to take necessary preventive measures to stop malaria disease.

K. R. Ramesh Kumar is an Indian Politician and a member of the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka, India. He is the Honourable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka. Ramesh Kumar is a five-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Besides holding the Health and Family Welfare Ministry portfolio Ramesh Kumar in his forty-year Political career has held many posts in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and the Government of Karnataka. As a health minister of the state, he has been making efforts to improve the public healthcare sector in Karnataka.

Madhukar Sanneerappa is a visionary leader and an entrepreneur committed to make healthcare affordable and accessible to every individual. Being a founder, Global President and CEO of NeoDocto Inc., he has simplified healthcare and built NeoDocto to be a life saviour mobile app with a wide range of digital healthcare services on a finger tap away. Madhukar informed that the Minister of Health and Family Welfare assured to implement “NeoDocto Malaria Eradication Programme” as a Government of Karnataka initiative to create awareness about the malaria disease throughout the state of Karnataka and provide all the required support for the programme.

The Strategic Collaboration between NeoDocto Foundation and Government of Karnataka took place in a public event at Kothur village, Srinivasapura taluk in Kolar district of Karnataka state in India.

About NeoDocto:

NeoDocto is a complete digital healthcare platform that provides a wide range of healthcare services on a mobile app. It enhances the quality of healthcare, prioritize health education and make healthcare affordable, accessible, anytime, anywhere. NeoDocto Foundation has been formed to address the social needs of the global population. The primary objective of the foundation is to eradicate malaria through health education and create awareness on the impact of malaria disease on human beings. NeoDocto is headquartered in New York, USA and operates in 81 countries across the globe.